SENIOR LADY: GROW CELERY ALL YEAR!

 

 

I love watching videos about gardening. Five years ago,

 lots of videos were about, regrowing grocery store 

vegetables. I was intrigued and tried to regrow a

few of them.  Most of the veggies had to have roots

on the bottom.  Beets and carrots on grew bunches 

leaves.  There were no new carrots or beets to harvest.

The only veggies I could regrow successfully were 

yellow onions, green onions, leeks, and celery.

I usually buy new celery stalks when I want to 

replace damaged celery stalks in my tote.

My celery stalks can be harvested all year

long. My five-gallon blue tote stay full of

 celery because I add new celery roots when

grocery store has it on sale. The celery in

the blue tote shown below just had the

"big chop"

Here is how I regrow celery:

I remove celery stalks from the

plastic bag. I cut the bottom

half of the celery off the

stalks. 

I remove the first layer of cut stalks

from the bottom.  This is necessary

so the celery will fit into my cup.

 

I place the celery in the cup and add enough 

water to cover the bottom of the celery.

I set the cup of celery on the counter near

my sunny kitchen window. Amazingly, leaves

 will began to appear after two days. However,

white roots will sprout from the bottom in

about two weeks.  I have more success with

regrowth if I have a few white roots on the 

bottom of the celery.  

My tote is filled with potting soil, garden soil,

 shredded junk mail, used coffee grounds,

 and crushed eggshells. A hole was dug in the

 soil, then I add the rooted celery, covered it 

with soil and watered it once a week.  Celery 

prefers cold weather, so I cover the tote with 

heavy duty shade cloth during the summer 

months.  I shield the celery from hard frost

in the winter with white frost blanket covers.

Both of these steps are necessary, if I want 

to harvest celery all year long.

I usually harvest celery weekly

by cutting a few stalks and leaves

to use in potato salad, beef stew,

and vegetable soup. I have this 

 crop of celery for about three

years. I cut the celery stems and

 leaves very short when I harvest 

them. This method promotes healthy

 regrowth of new leaves and stalks,

I feel good when I grow my own celery. 

The cost of a bag of celery stalks has

increased very much. There are also 

recalls on celery sometimes. I only 

fertilized my celery with "Miracle

Grow" or day old brewed coffee.